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Orange Water and Sewer Authority _ Z <br />400 Jones Ferry Road <br />10WASA P.O. Box 365 <br />Car D <br />rboro, NC 27510 <br />(919),968-4421 gt;7- 5 <br />QUARTERLY REPORT TO THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />SEPTEMBER 30, 1991 <br />Summer Water Use <br />As you might expect, the summer <br />Of highest water demand. This quarter is usually OWASA's period <br />year was no exception, with demand <br />averaging close to 8 million gallons <br />per day. Our alltime daily <br />peak demand of record occurred on Saturday, September 14, a day <br />when more than 50,000 people attended the first UNC home football <br />game of the season, and temperatures reached 96 degrees. On that <br />day OWASA delivered 11.6 million gallons of water to the system, <br />approaching our present treatment capacity of 12.5 million <br />gallons. As I've reported to you previousl y, this <br />program will expand the capacity to 15 MGD. The project sshould <br />al <br />be underway within the next few months. <br />Sales to Hillsborough <br />From July through September, OWASA <br />Of water, to Hillsborough - and the <br />brings our total transfer to Hillsl <br />gallons during the past two years. <br />to a six —year total of 302 million <br />from Hillsborough between 1979 and <br />sold about 30 million gallons <br />meter's still running. This <br />aorough to more than 50 million <br />For the record, this compares <br />gallons which OWASA purchased <br />1986. <br />As you are also well aware, the Town offered to purchase or lease <br />a portion of OWASA's 16 —inch transmission main which connects the <br />two systems. We've appreciated the County's involvement and <br />consideration in evaluating this proposal. Our Board expects to <br />respond to Hillsborough in the near future. <br />Bolin Creek Sewer <br />OWASA's sewers received an unusual amount of public attention <br />during the past month, with several citizens alleging that <br />manholes along our Bolin Creek interceptor routinely overflow <br />An Equal Opportunity Employer <br />